It is a bright day here in London as we get ready for our
afternoon SAS flight from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Oslo.
Our driver, Audley, is collecting us at 12.30pm, and our flight leaves
at 15.30.
It was our first time at the new Terminal 2, opened 14 months ago by
the Queen. We were both very impressed, especially as the last time we had used the terminal, it was absolute chaos!
Our flight left on time and two hours later we arrived in
Oslo, where it was bright and sunny with a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius.
As we had a couple of hours before our flight to Svalbard, I had paid 22 Euros to use the SAS lounge. It was worth it, as the flight to Longyearbyen was delayed by 35 minutes to 9.30pm.
Oslo Airport
As we had a couple of hours before our flight to Svalbard, I had paid 22 Euros to use the SAS lounge. It was worth it, as the flight to Longyearbyen was delayed by 35 minutes to 9.30pm.
It was a 2 hour 45 minute flight to Svalbard, but with 24 hours
sunlight, it felt like a daytime arrival!
We arrived at 00.15am in sunshine. We waited a while for our bags and then
took the shuttle coach to our hotel, the Radisson Blu Polar Hotel.
Our room was in one corner of the hotel and was bathed in sunlight at 1am! We had a good view of the town looking inland towards the surrounding snow-capped mountains.
We had a drink in the hotel bar, which was full of students from the university who stay and work during the holidays.
Entering Longyearbyen
A long way from anywhere!
Radisson Blu Hotel
We had a drink in the hotel bar, which was full of students from the university who stay and work during the holidays.
Before crashing out, we booked a two hour tour of the town at 10am tomorrow before we take a taxi to the boat.
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